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DI 34234.007 Immune Listings from 02/19/02 to 05/23/02
114.00 Immune System
A. Listed disorders include impairments involving deficiency of one or more components
of the immune system (i.e., antibody-producing B cells; a number of different types
of cells associated with cell-mediated immunity including T-lymphocytes, macrophages
and monocytes; and components of the complement system).
B. Dysregulation of the immune system may result in the development of a connective tissue disorder. Connective tissue
disorders include several chronic multisystem disorders that differ in their clinical
manifestation, course, and outcome. These disorders are described in part A, 14.00B;
inflammatory arthritis is also described in114.00E.
Some of the features of connective tissue disorders in children may differ from the
features in adults. When the clinical features are the same as that seen in adults,
the principles and concepts in part A, 14.00B apply.
The documentation needed to establish the existence of a connective tissue disorder
is medical history, physical examination, selected laboratory studies, medically acceptable
imaging techniques and, in some instances, tissue biopsy. However, the Social Security
Administration will not purchase diagnostic tests or procedures that may involve significant
risk, such as biopsies or angiograms. Generally, the existing medical evidence will
contain this information.
In addition to the limitations caused by the connective tissue disorder per se , the chronic adverse effects of treatment (e.g., corticosteroid-related ischemic
necrosis of bone) may result in functional loss.
A longitudinal clinical record of at least 3 months demonstrating active disease despite
prescribed treatment during this period with the expectation that the disease will
remain active for 12 months is necessary for assessment of severity and duration of
impairment.
In children the impairment may affect growth, development, attainment of age-appropriate
skills, and performance of age-appropriate activities. The limitations may be the
result of serious loss of function because of disease affecting a single organ or
body system, or lesser degrees of functional loss because of disease affecting two
or more organs/body systems associated with a significant constitutional symptoms
and signs of severe fatigue, fever, malaise, and weight loss, and joint pain and stiffness.
We use the term "severe" in these listings to describe medical severity; the term
does not have the same meaning as it does when we use it in connection with a finding
at the second step of the sequential evaluation processes in §§404.1520, 416.920,
and 416.924.
C. Allergies, growth impairments and Kawasaki disease.
1. Allergic disorders (e.g., asthma or atopic dermatitis) are discussed and evaluated
under the appropriate listing of the affected body system.
2. If growth is affected by the disorder or its treatment by immunosuppressive drugs,
100.00, Growth Impairment, may apply. Children may have growth impairment as a result
of the inflammatory arthritides because of the diseases' potential effects on the
immature skeleton, open epiphyses, and young cartilage and bone. In such situations,
the growth impairment should be evaluated under 100.00ff.
3. Kawasaki disease, also known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is characterized
by multisystem manifestations, but significant functional impairment is usually due
to disease of the coronary arteries, which should be evaluated under 104.00.
D. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
1. HIV infection is caused by a specific retrovirus and may be characterized by susceptibility
to one or more opportunistic diseases, cancers, or other conditions, as described
in 114.08. Any child with HIV infection, including one with a diagnosis of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), may be found disabled under this listing if his
or her impairment meets any of the criteria in 114.08 or is of equivalent severity
to an impairment in 114.08.
2. Definitions. In 114.08, the terms "resistant to treatment," "recurrent," and "disseminated"
have the same general meaning as used by the medical community. The precise meaning
of any of these terms will depend upon the specific disease or condition in question,
the body system affected, the usual course of the disorder and its treatment, and
the other circumstances of the case.
"Resistant to treatment" means that a condition did not respond adequately to an appropriate
course of treatment. Whether a response is adequate, or a course of treatment appropriate,
will depend on the facts of the particular case.
"Recurrent" means that a condition that responded adequately to an appropriate course
of treatment has returned after a period of remission or regression. The extent of
response (or remission) and the time periods involved will depend on the facts of
the particular case.
"Disseminated" means that a condition is spread widely over a considerable area or
body system(s). The type and extent of the spread will depend on the specific disease.
3. Documentation of HIV infection in children. The medical evidence must include documentation
of HIV infection. Documentation may be by laboratory evidence or by other generally
acceptable methods consistent with the prevailing state of medical knowledge and clinical
practice.
a. Documentation of HIV infection in children by definitive diagnosis. A definitive
diagnosis of HIV infection in children is documented by one or more of the following
laboratory tests:
i. For a child 24 months of age or older, a serum specimen that contains HIV antibodies.
HIV antibodies are usually detected by a screening test. The most commonly used screening
test is the ELISA. Although this test is highly sensitive, it may yield false positive
results. Therefore, positive results from an ELISA must be confirmed by a more definitive
test (e.g., Western blot, immunofluorescence assay). (See paragraph b, below, for
information about HIV antibody testing in children younger than 24 months of age).
ii. A specimen that contains HIV antigen (e.g., serum specimen, lymphocyte culture,
or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimen).
iii. An immunoglobulin A (IgA) serological assay specific for HIV.
iv. Other test(s) that are highly specific for detection of HIV in children (e.g.,
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)), or that are acceptable methods of detection consistent
with the prevailing state of medical knowledge.
When laboratory testing for HIV infection has been performed, every reasonable effort
must be made to obtain reports of the results of that testing.
b. Other acceptable documentation of HIV infection in children.
As noted in paragraph a, above, HIV infection is not documented in children under
24 months of age by a serum specimen containing HIV antibodies. This is because women
with HIV infection often transfer HIV antibodies to their newborns. The mother's antibodies
can persist in the infant for up to 24 months, even if the infant is not HIV-infected.
Only 20 to 30 percent of such infants are actually infected. Therefore, the presence
of serum HIV antibodies alone does not establish the presence of HIV infection in
a child under 24 months of age. However, the presence of HIV antibodies accompanied
by evidence of significantly depressed T-helper lymphocytes (CD4), an abnormal CD4/CD8
ratio, or abnormal immunoglobulin G (IgG) may be used to document HIV infection in
a child under 24 months of age, even though such testing is not a basis for a definitive
diagnosis.
For children from birth to the attainment of 24 months of age who have tested positive
for HIV antibodies (see D3a above), HIV infection may be documented by one or more
of the following:
i. For an infant 12 months of age or less, a CD4 (T4) count of 1500/mm3 or less, or a CD4 count less than or equal to 20 percent of total lymphocytes.
ii. For an infant from 12 to 24 months of age, a CD4 (T4) count of 750/mm3 or less, or a CD4 count less than or equal to 20 percent of total lymphocytes.
iii. An abnormal CD4/CD8 ratio.
iv. An IgG significantly greater than or less than the normal range for age.
HIV infection in children may also be documented without the definitive laboratory
evidence described in paragraph a, or the other laboratory evidence discussed above,
provided that such documentation is consistent with the prevailing state of medical
knowledge and clinical practice and is consistent with the other evidence. If such
laboratory evidence is not available, HIV infection may be documented by the medical
history, clinical and laboratory findings, and diagnosis(es) indicated in the medical
evidence. For example, a diagnosis of HIV infection in children will be accepted without
definitive laboratory evidence if the child has an opportunistic disease (e.g., Pneumocystis
carinii pneumonia (PCP)) predictive of a defect in cell-mediated immunity, and there
is no other known cause of diminished resistance to that disease (e.g., long-term
steroid treatment, lymphoma). In such cases, every reasonable effort must be made
to obtain full details of the history, medical findings, and results of testing.
4. Documentation of the manifestations of HIV infection in children. The medical evidence
must also include documentation of the manifestations of HIV infection in children.
Documentation may be by laboratory evidence or by other generally acceptable methods
consistent with the prevailing state of medical knowledge and clinical practice.
a. Documentation of the manifestations of HIV infection in children by definitive
diagnosis.
The definitive method of diagnosing opportunistic diseases or conditions that are
manifestations of HIV infection in children is by culture, serological test, or microscopic
examination of biopsied tissue or other material (e.g., bronchial washings). Therefore,
every reasonable effort must be made to obtain specific laboratory evidence of an
opportunistic disease or other condition whenever this information is available. If
a histological or other test has been performed, the evidence should include a copy
of the appropriate report. If the report is not obtainable, the summary of hospitalization
or a report from the treating source should include details of the findings and results
of the diagnostic studies (including radiographic studies) or microscopic examination
of the appropriate tissues or body fluids.
Although a reduced CD4 lymphocyte count in a child may show that there is an increased
susceptibility to opportunistic infections and diseases, that alone does not document
the presence, severity, or functional effects of a manifestation of HIV infection
in a child.
b. Other acceptable documentation of the manifestations of HIV infection in children.
Manifestations of HIV infection in children may also be documented without the definitive
laboratory evidence described in paragraph a, provided that such documentation is
consistent with the prevailing state of medical knowledge and clinical practice and
is consistent with the other evidence. If no definitive laboratory evidence is available,
manifestations of HIV infection may be documented by medical history, clinical and
laboratory findings, and diagnosis(es) indicated in the medical evidence. In such
cases, every reasonable effort must be made to obtain full details of the history,
medical findings, and results of testing.
Documentation of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease (114.08D) presents special problems
because diagnosis requires identification of viral inclusion bodies or a positive
culture from the affected organ, and the absence of any other infectious agent. A
positive serology test identifies infection with the virus, but does not confirm a
disease process. With the exception of chorioretinitis (which may be diagnosed by
an ophthalmologist), documentation of CMV disease requires confirmation by biopsy
or other generally acceptable methods consistent with the prevailing state of medical
knowledge and clinical practice.
5. HIV infection in children. The clinical manifestation and course of disease in
children who become infected with HIV perinatally or in the first 6 years of life
may differ from that in older children and adults. In addition, survival times are
shorter for children infected in the first year of life compared to those who become
infected as older children or as adults. Infants may present with failure to thrive
or pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP); young children may present with recurrent
infections, neurological problems, or developmental abnormalities. Older children
may also exhibit neurological abnormalities, such as HIV encephalopathy, or failure
to thrive.
The methods of identifying and evaluating neurological abnormalities may vary depending
on a child's age. For example, in an infant, impaired brain growth can be documented
by a decrease in the growth rate of the head. In older children, impaired brain growth
can be documented by brain atrophy on a CAT scan. Neurological abnormalities can also
be observed in a younger child in the loss of previously acquired, or marked delays
in achieving, developmental milestones. In an older child, this type of neurological
abnormality would generally be demonstrated by the loss of previously acquired intellectual
abilities. Although loss of previously acquired intellectual abilities can be documented
by a decrease in intelligence quotient (IQ) scores or demonstrated if a child forgets
information he or she previously learned, it can also be shown if the child is unable
to learn new information. This could include the sudden acquisition of a new learning
disability.
Children with HIV infection may contract any of a broad range of bacterial infections.
Certain major infections caused by pyogenic bacteria; e.g., some pneumonias, can be
severely limiting, especially in pre-adolescent children. These major bacterial infections
should be evaluated under 114.08A5, which requires two or more such infections within
a 2-year period. Although 114.08A5 applies only to children less than 13 years of
age, an older child may be found to have an impairment of equivalent severity if the
circumstances of the case warrant (e.g., delayed puberty).
Otherwise, bacterial infections are evaluated under 114.08A6. The criteria of the
listing are met if one or more bacterial infection(s) occurs and requires hospitalization
or intravenous antibiotic treatment 3 or more times in 1 year. Pelvic inflammatory
disease in older female children should be evaluated under multiple or recurrent bacterial
infections (114.08A6).
6. Evaluation of HIV infection in children. The criteria in 114.08 do not describe
the full spectrum of diseases or conditions manifested by children with HIV infection.
As in any case, consideration must be given to whether a child's impairment(s) meets,
medically equals, or functionally equals the severity of any other listing in appendix
1 of subpart P; e.g., a neoplastic disorder listed in 113.00ff. (See §§404.1526, 416.926,
and 416.926a.) Although 114.08 includes cross-references to other listings for the
more common manifestations of HIV infection, additional listings may also apply.
In addition, the impact of all impairments, whether or not related to the HIV infection,
must be considered. Children with HIV infection may manifest signs and symptoms of
a mental impairment (e.g., anxiety, depression), or of another physical impairment.
Medical evidence should include documentation of all physical and mental impairments
and the impairment(s) should be evaluated not only under the relevant listing(s) in
114.08, but under any other appropriate listing(s).
It is also important to remember that children with HIV infection, like all others,
are evaluated under the full sequential evaluation process described in §416.924.
If a child with HIV infection is working and engaging in substantial gainful activity
(SGA), or does not have a severe impairment, the case will be decided at the first
or second step of the sequential evaluation process, and does not require evaluation
under these listings. For a child with HIV infection who is not engaging in SGA and
has a severe impairment, but whose impairment(s) does not meet the criteria of a listing,
consideration will be given to whether the child's impairment or combination of impairments
is either medically or functionally equivalent in severity to any listed impairment.
7. Effect of treatment. Medical treatment must be considered in terms of its effectiveness
in ameliorating the signs, symptoms, and laboratory abnormalities of the specific
disorder, or of the HIV infection itself (e.g. antiretroviral agents) and in terms
of any side effects of treatment that may further impair the child.
Response to treatment and adverse or beneficial consequences of treatment may vary
widely. For example, a child with HIV infection who develops otitis media may respond
to the same antibiotic regimen used in treating children without HIV infection, but
another child with HIV infection may not respond to the same regimen. Therefore, each
case must be considered on an individual basis, along with the effects of treatment
on the child's ability to function.
A specific description of the drugs or treatment given (including surgery), dosage,
frequency of administration, and a description of the complications or response to
treatment should be obtained. The effects of treatment may be temporary or long-term.
As such, the decision regarding the impact of treatment should be based on a sufficient
period of treatment to permit proper consideration.
8. Functional criteria. Paragraph O of 114.08 establishes standards for evaluating
manifestations of HIV infection that do not meet the requirements listed in 114.08A-N.
Paragraph O is applicable for manifestations that are not listed in 114.08A-N, as
well as those listed in 114.08A-N that do not meet the criteria of any of the rules
in 114.08A-N.
For children with HIV infection evaluated under 114.08O, listing-level severity will
be assessed in terms of the functional limitations imposed by the impairment. The
full impact of signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings on the child's ability to
function must be considered. Important factors to be considered in evaluating the
functioning of children with HIV infection include, but are not limited to: symptoms,
such as fatigue and pain; characteristics of the illness, such as the frequency and
duration of manifestations or periods of exacerbation and remission in the disease
course; and the functional impact of treatment for the disease, including the side
effects of medication.
To meet the criteria in 114.08O, a child with HIV infection must demonstrate a level
of restriction in either one or two (depending on the child's age) of the general
areas of functioning applicable to the child's age group. (See 112.00C for additional
discussion of these areas of functioning).
E. Inflammatory arthritis (114.09) includes a vast array of disorders that differ in cause, course, and outcome. For
example, in children inflammatory spondyloarthropathies include juvenile ankylosing
spondylitis, reactive arthropathies, psoriatic arthropathy, and Behçet's disease,
as well as undifferentiated spondylitis. Inflammatory arthritis of peripheral joints
likewise comprises many disorders, including juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's
syndrome, psoriatic arthritis, crystal deposition disorders, and Lyme disease. Clinically,
inflammation of major joints may be the dominant problem causing difficulties with
ambulation or fine and gross movements, or the arthritis may involve other joints
or cause less restriction of age-appropriate ambulation or other movements but be
complicated by extra-articular features that cumulatively result in serious functional
deficit. When persistent deformity without ongoing inflammation is the dominant feature
of the impairment, it should be evaluated under 101.02, or, if there has been surgical
reconstruction, 101.03.
1. Because the features of inflammatory connective tissue diseases in children are
modified by such factors as the child's limited antigenic exposure and immune reactivity,
the acute inflammatory connective tissue diseases must be differentiated from each
other in order to evaluate duration factors and responses to specific treatments.
Chronic conditions must be differentiated from short-term reversible disorders, and
also from other connective tissue diseases.
2. In 114.09A, the term major joints refers to the major peripheral joints, which are the hip, knee, shoulder, elbow,
wrist-hand, and ankle-foot, as opposed to other peripheral joints (e.g., the joints
of the hand or forefoot) or axial joints (i.e., the joints of the spine.) The wrist
and hand are considered together as one major joint, as are the ankle and foot. Since
only the ankle joint, which consists of the juncture of the bones of the lower leg
(tibia and fibula) with the hindfoot (tarsal bones), but not the forefoot, is crucial
to weight bearing, the ankle and foot are considered separately in evaluating weight
bearing.
3. The terms inability to ambulate effectively and inability to perform fine and gross movements effectively in 114.09A have the same meaning as in 101.00B2b and 101.00B2c and must have lasted,
or be expected to last, for at least 12 months.
4. Inability to ambulate effectively is implicit in 114.09B. Even though children
who demonstrate the findings of 114.09B will not ordinarily require bilateral upper
limb assistance, the required ankylosis of the cervical or dorsolumbar spine will
result in an extreme loss of the ability to see ahead, above, and to the side.
5. As in 114.02 through 114.06, extra-articular features of an inflammatory arthritis
may satisfy the criteria for a listing in an involved extra-articular body system.
Such impairments may be found to meet a criterion of 114.09C. Extra-articular impairments
of lesser severity should be evaluated under 114.09D and 114.09E. Commonly occurring
extra-articular impairments include keratoconjunctivitis sicca, uveitis, iridocyclitis,
pleuritis, pulmonary fibrosis or nodules, restrictive lung disease, pericarditis,
myocarditis, cardiac arrhythmias, aortic valve insufficiency, coronary arteritis,
Raynaud's phenomena, systemic vasculitis, amyloidosis of the kidney, chronic anemia,
thrombocytopenia, hypersplenism with compromised immune competence (Felty's syndrome),
peripheral neuropathy, radiculopathy, spinal cord or cauda equina compression with
sensory and motor loss, and heel enthesopathy with functionally limiting pain.
6. The fact that a child is dependent on steroids, or any other drug, for the control
of inflammatory arthritis is, in and of itself, insufficient to find disability. Advances
in the treatment of inflammatory connective tissue disease and in the administration
of steroids for its treatment have corrected some of the previously disabling consequences
of continuous steroid use. Therefore, each case must be evaluated on its own merits,
taking into consideration the severity of the underlying impairment and any adverse
effects of treatment.
114.01 Category of Impairments, Immune System
114.02 Systemic lupus erythematosus
Documented as described in 14.00B1 and 114.00B, with:
A. One of the following:
1. Growth impairment, as described under the criteria in 100.00ff;
2. Musculoskeletal involvement, as described under the criteria in 101.00ff;
3. Muscle involvement, as described under the criteria in 14.05;
4. Ocular involvement, as described under the criteria in 102.00ff;
5. Respiratory involvement, as described under the criteria in 103.00ff;
6. Cardiovascular involvement, as described under the criteria in 104.00ff or 14.04D;
7. Digestive involvement, as described under the criteria in 105.00ff;
8. Renal involvement, as described under the criteria in 106.00ff;
9. Hematologic involvement, as described under the criteria in 107.00ff;
10. Skin involvement, as described under the criteria in 8.00ff;
11. Endocrine involvement, as described under the criteria in 109.00ff;
12. Neurological involvement, as described under the criteria in 111.00ff; or
13. Mental involvement, as described under the criteria in 112.00ff.
or
B. Lesser involvement of two or more organs/body systems listed in paragraph A, with
significant, documented, constitutional symptoms and signs of severe fatigue, fever,
malaise, and weight loss. At least one of the organs/body systems must be involved
to at least a moderate level of severity.
114.03 Systemic vasculitis
As described under the criteria in 14.03 or, if growth impairment, as described under
the criteria in 100.00ff.
114.04 Systemic sclerosis and scleroderma
Documented as described in 14.00B3 and 114.00B, and:
A. As described under the criteria in 14.04 or, if growth impairment, as described
under the criteria in 100.00ff.
or
B. Linear scleroderma, with one of the following:
1. Fixed valgus or varus deformities of both hands or both feet;
2. Marked destruction or marked atrophy of an extremity;
3. Facial disfigurement from hypoplasia of the mandible, maxilla, or zygoma resulting
in an impairment as described under the criteria in 112.00ff; or
4. Seizure disorder, as described under the criteria in 111.00ff.
114.05 Polymyositis or dermatomyositis
Documented as described in14.00B4 and 114.00B, and:
A. As described under the criteria in 14.05.
or
B. With one of the following:
1. Multiple joint contractures;
2. Diffuse cutaneous calcification with formation of an exoskeleton; or
3. Systemic vasculitis as described under the criteria in 14.03.
114.06 Undifferentiated connective tissue disorder
As described under the criteria in 114.02 or 114.04.
114.07 Congenital immune deficiency disease
A. Hypogammaglobulinemia or dysgammaglobulinemia, with:
1. Documented, recurrent severe infections occurring 3 or more times within a 5-month
period; or
2. An associated disorder such as growth retardation, chronic lung disease, collagen
disorder or tumor. Evaluate according to the appropriate body system listing.
or
B. Thymic dysplastic syndromes (such as Swiss, diGeorge).
114.08 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
With documentation as described in 114.00D3 and one of the following:
A. Bacterial infections:
1. Mycobacterial infection (e.g., caused by M. avium-intracellulare, M. kansasii,
or M. tuberculosis) at a site other than the lungs, skin, or cervical or hilar lymph
nodes; or pulmonary tuberculosis resistant to treatment;
2. Nocardiosis;
3. Salmonella bacteremia, recurrent non-typhoid;
4. Syphilis or neurosyphilis--evaluate sequelae under the criteria for the affected
body system (e.g., 102.00 Special Senses and Speech, 104.00 Cardiovascular System,
111.00 Neurological);
5. In a child less than 13 years of age, multiple or recurrent pyogenic bacterial
infection(s) of the following types: sepsis, pneumonia, meningitis, bone or joint
infection, or abscess of an internal organ or body cavity (excluding otitis media
or superficial skin or mucosal abscesses) occurring 2 or more times in 2 years; or
6. Other multiple or recurrent bacterial infection(s), including pelvic inflammatory
disease, requiring hospitalization or intravenous antibiotic treatment 3 or more times
in 1 year.
or
B. Fungal infections:
1. Aspergillosis;
2. Candidiasis, at a site other than the skin, urinary tract, intestinal tract, or
oral or vulvovaginal mucous membranes; or candidiasis involving the esophagus, trachea,
bronchi, or lungs;
3. Coccidioidomycosis, at a site other than the lungs or lymph nodes;
4. Cryptococcosis, at a site other than the lungs (e.g., cryptococcal meningitis);
5. Histoplasmosis, at a site other than the lungs or lymph nodes; or
6. Mucormycosis.
or
C. Protozoan or helminthic infections:
1. Cryptosporidiosis, isosporiasis, or microsporidiosis, with diarrhea lasting for
1 month or longer;
2. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or extrapulmonary pneumocystis carinii infection;
3. Strongyloidiasis, extra-intestinal; or
4. Toxoplasmosis of an organ other than the liver, spleen, or lymph nodes.
or
D. Viral infections:
1. Cytomegalovirus disease (documented as described in 114.00D4b) at a site other
than the liver, spleen, or lymph nodes;
2. Herpes simplex virus causing:
a. Mucocutaneous infection (e.g., oral, genital, perianal) lasting for 1 month or
longer;
b. Infection at a site other than the skin or mucous membranes (e.g., bronchitis,
pneumonitis, esophagitis, or encephalitis); or
c. Disseminated infection; or
3. Herpes zoster, either disseminated or with multidermatomal eruptions that are resistant
to treatment;
4. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; or
5. Hepatitis, as described under the criteria of 105.05.
or
E. Malignant neoplasms:
1. Carcinoma of the cervix, invasive, FIGO stage II and beyond;
2. Kaposi's sarcoma with:
a. Extensive oral lesions;
b. Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, or other visceral organs; or
c. Involvement of the skin or mucous membranes as described under the criteria of
114.08F.
3. Lymphoma (e.g., primary lymphoma of the brain, Burkitt's lymphoma, immunoblastic
sarcoma, other Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease); or
4. Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus.
or
F. Conditions of the skin or mucous membranes (other than described in B2, D2, or
D3) with extensive fungating or ulcerating lesions not responding to treatment (e.g.,
dermatological conditions such as eczema or psoriasis, vulvovaginal or other mucosal
candida, condyloma caused by human papillomavirus, genital ulcerative disease), or
evaluate under the criteria in 108.00ff.
or
G. Hematologic abnormalities:
1. Anemia, as described under the criteria in 7.02;
2. Granulocytopenia, as described under the criteria in 7.15; or
3. Thrombocytopenia, as described under the criteria of 107.06 or 7.06.
or
H. Neurological manifestations of HIV infection (e.g., HIV encephalopathy, peripheral
neuropathy), as described under the criteria in 111.00ff, or resulting in one or more
of the following:
1. Loss of previously acquired, or marked delay in achieving, developmental milestones
or intellectual ability (including the sudden acquisition of a new learning disability);
2. Impaired brain growth (acquired microcephaly or brain atrophy - see 114.00D5);
or
3. Progressive motor dysfunction affecting gait and station or fine and gross motor
skills.
or
I. Growth disturbance, with:
1. An involuntary weight loss (or failure to gain weight at an appropriate rate for
age) resulting in a fall of 15 percentiles from established growth curve (on standard
growth charts) that persists for 2 months or longer;
2. An involuntary weight loss (or failure to gain weight at an appropriate rate for
age) resulting in a fall to below the third percentile from established growth curve
(on standard growth charts) that persists for 2 months or longer; 3. Involuntary weight
loss greater than 10 percent of baseline that persists for 2 months or longer; or
4. Growth impairment as described under the criteria in 100.00ff.
or
J. Diarrhea, lasting for 1 month or longer, resistant to treatment, and requiring
intravenous hydration, intravenous alimentation, or tube feeding.
or
K. Cardiomyopathy, as described under the criteria in 104.00ff or 11.04.
or
L. Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia/pulmonary lymphoid hyperplasia (LIP/PLH complex),
with respiratory symptoms that significantly interfere with age-appropriate activities,
and that cannot be controlled by prescribed treatment.
or
M. Nephropathy, as described under the criteria in 106.00.
or
N. One or more of the following infections (other than described in A-M, above), resistant
to treatment or requiring hospitalization or intravenous treatment 3 or more times
in 1 year (or evaluate sequelae under the criteria for the affected body system):
1. Sepsis;
2. Meningitis;
3. Pneumonia;
4. Septic arthritis;
5. Endocarditis; or
6. Radiographically documented sinusitis.
or
O. Any other manifestation(s) of HIV infection (including any listed in 114.08A-N,
but without the requisite findings, e.g., oral candidiasis not meeting the criteria
in 114.08F, diarrhea not meeting the criteria in 114.08J, or any other manifestation(s),
e.g., oral hairy leukoplakia, hepatomegaly), resulting in one of the following:
1. For children from birth to attainment of age 1 at least one of the criteria in
paragraphs A-E of 112.12;
2. For children age 1 to attainment of age 3 at least one of the appropriate age-group
criteria in paragraph B1 of 112.02; or
3. For children age 3 to attainment of age 18, at least two of the appropriate age-group
criteria in paragraph B2 of 112.02.
114.09 Inflammatory arthritis
Documented as described in 114.00E, with one of the following:
A. History of joint pain, swelling, and tenderness, and signs on current physical
examination of joint inflammation or deformity in two or more major joints resulting
in inability to ambulate effectively or inability to perform fine and gross movements
effectively, as defined in 114.00E3 and 101.00B2b and B2c;
or
B. Ankylosing spondylitis or other spondyloarthropathy, with diagnosis established
by findings of unilateral or bilateral sacroiliitis (e.g., erosions or fusions), shown
by appropriate medically acceptable imaging, with both:
1. History of back pain, tenderness, and stiffness, and
2. Findings on physical examination of ankylosis (fixation) of the dorsolumbar or
cervical spine at 45o or more of flexion measured from the vertical position (zero degrees);
or
C. An impairment as described under the criteria in 114.02A.
or
D. Inflammatory arthritis, with signs of peripheral joint inflammation on current
examination, but with lesser joint involvement than in A and lesser extra-articular
features than in C, and:
1. Significant, documented constitutional symptoms and signs (e.g., fatigue, fever,
malaise, weight loss), and
2. Involvement of two or more organs/body systems (see 114.00E5). At least one of
the organs/body systems must be involved to at least a moderate level of severity.
or
E. Inflammatory spondylitis or other inflammatory spondyloarthropathies, with lesser
deformity than in B and lesser extra-articular features than in C, with signs of unilateral
or bilateral sacroiliitis on appropriate medically acceptable imaging; and with the
extra-articular features described in 114.09D.